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| Question: Why do I need to register? |
Answer: WaylandeNews requires registration to enable users to upload photos without going through a moderation step. We want to ensure photos are tasteful, and are weary of what non-registered users (potentially not Wayland residents) might upload. We want to keep our site G-Rated. Registration gives a member additional features such as uploading, having a favorite list, rating pictures and posting comments etc.
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| Question: How do I register? |
Answer: Go to "Register" and fill out the required fields (and the optional ones if you want to).
Membership is done jointly with the Discussion Board. If you register once, you are eligible to use both the photo gallery and the Discussion Forum. Registrants must be approved before their membership is active (a step necessary to prevent spammers from Russia from overtaking the site). Your membership must be activated in order for you to login. Once you have logged in at the Discussion Board site, you can click any of the available "Photo Gallery" links to return to the Photo Gallery.
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| Question: How do I login? |
Answer: Go to "Login", submit your username and password and check "Remember Me" so you will be logged in on the site if you should leave it.
You will log in at the Discussion Board site; after successful login, you will be presented with a link to bring you back to the Photo Gallery. Note: Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted in order to use "Remember Me".
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| Question: Why can I not login? |
Answer: You need to register first. For other login problems contact the site administrator.
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| Question: What if I forgot my password? |
Answer: Use the "Forgot password" link. Other than that contact the site administrator for a new password.
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| Question: How do I save a picture to "My Favorites"? |
Answer: Click on a picture and click on the "picture info" link ( ); scroll down to the picture information set and click "Add to fav".
The administrator may have the "picture information" on by default.
IMPORTANT:Cookies must be enabled and the cookie from this site must not be deleted.
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| Question: How do I rate a file? |
Answer: Click on a thumbnail and go to the bottom and choose a rating.
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| Question: How do I post a comment for a picture? |
Answer: Click on a thumbnail and go to the bottom and post a comment.
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| Question: How do I upload a file? |
Answer: Go to "Upload"and select the album that you want to upload to. Click "Browse," find the file to upload, and click "open." Add a title and description if you want. Click "Submit".
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| Question: What type and size of a file can I upload? |
Answer: The size and type (jpg, png, etc.) is up to the administrator.
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| Question: What are cookies? |
Answer: Cookies are a plain text piece of data that is sent from a website and is put on to your computer.
Cookies usually allow a user to leave and return to the site without having to login again and other various chores.
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Navigating the Site |
| Question: What's "Album List"? |
Answer: This will show you the entire category you are currently in, with a link to each album. If you are not in a category, it will show you the entire gallery with a link to each category. Thumbnails may be a link to the category.
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| Question: What's "Upload Picture"? |
Answer: This feature allows a user to upload a file (size and type is set by the site administrator) to a gallery selected by either you or the administrator.
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| Question: What's "Last Uploads"? |
Answer: This feature shows the last uploads to the site.
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| Question: What's "Last Comments"? |
Answer: This feature shows the last comments along with the files posted by users.
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| Question: What's "Most Viewed"? |
Answer: This feature shows the most viewed files by all users (whether logged in or not).
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| Question: What's "Top Rated"? |
Answer: This feature shows the top rated files rated by the users, showing the average rating (e.g: five users each gave a  : the file would have an average rating of ;Five users rated the file from 1 to 5 (1,2,3,4,5) would result in an average .)
The ratings go from  (best) to  (worst).
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| Question: What's "My Favorites"? |
Answer: This feature will let a user store a favorite file in the cookie that was sent to your computer.
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